活背字彙第五週練習題

A. Sentence Completion

1. Attempts to _________ people into voting for the governing party did not work.

A. impoverished

B. prosperity

C. boycott

D. intimidate

2. He heaved his _________ leg into an easier position.

A. crippled

B. sacked

C. halted

D. picketed

3. A strike by British Airways ground staff has led to the _________ of flights between London and Manchester.

A. suspension

B. expense

C. dependence

D. appendix

4. Critics claim he _________ black musicians for personal gain.

A. privileged

B. unrest

C. exploited

D. diarrhea

5. He was shown as an intelligent, courageous and _________ family man.

A. latchkey

B. virtuous

C. equivocate

D. abortion

6. Nowadays file editing, internet conversing, and pictures processing can de done by computers. Never before has computing been so _________.

A. adverse

B. controversial

C. perverse

D. versatile

7. They were _________ from their apartment after their mother became addicted to drugs.

A. emigrated

B. oppressed

C. evicted

D. purged

8. He avoids any eye contact, quickly _________ his gaze when anyone approaches.

A. downsizing

B. averting

C. crippling

D. striking

9. Mary's father offered her an amount of money _________ to purchase a house.

A. equality

B. equivalent

C. equitable

D. adequate

10. The conference broke for a _________, but the 10-minute break stretched to two hours.

A. recess

B. Parliament

C. archrival

D. lump

B. Answer Key

1-5: DAACB 6-10: DCBDA